Author: Kristin Davis

Jennifer Barry Quoted in Daily Beast Article

Assistant Professor of Religion Jennifer Barry was recently interviewed and quoted in the online news and opinion site the Daily Beast. The article is titled, “Egeria, One of Christianity’s First Female Pilgrims, Was a Badass” and written by Candida Moss (the Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham, UK).The article, written for a […]

Safe Zone Book Club: Call for Participation

Safe Zone, UMW’s LGBTQ+ education and advocacy program, is excited to announce that we will be offering a book club in early November! We will be reading Audre Lorde’s “Sister Outsider” and meeting two separate times to discuss the book. This program is open to all faculty and staff. Registration is required and space is […]

October Blood Drive Announced

The UMW Red Cross Student Organization welcomes faculty and staff donors at our monthly blood drives on the Fredericksburg campus, co-sponsored by Mother’s Rugby. Here are the details of our October drive:Location: Fredericksburg Campus Hurley Convergence Center, Digital AuditoriumDate: Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018Time: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.To donate, sign up online at redcrossblood.org/give, search […]

Farnsworth Lectures on US Political Culture to Norwegian Delegation in DC

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently delivered a lecture entitled, “The Competing Visions of the American  Political System: Building Public and Private Spheres,” at the Norwegian Washington Seminar in Washington, DC. The visiting delegation included leading government and business officials in Norway.